Variant choice has no persistent selected state
The user cannot verify what will enter the cart.
Name the selected variant beside the purchase action.
Catalog study 14
An evidence-led audit that identifies purchase blockers, ranks their impact, and demonstrates bounded correction direction without silently redesigning the entire storefront.
Repository-owned synthetic study. It proves transformation logic and visible direction without claiming client approval, measured outcomes, production behavior, or runtime acceptance.
Observed evidence
The audit separates observed interface state, impact, severity, and the smallest correction direction. Product data and commerce boundaries remain unchanged.
The user cannot verify what will enter the cart.
Name the selected variant beside the purchase action.
Purchase confidence is deferred until too late.
Move fulfillment and returns before commitment.
Recovery requires reconstructing the decision.
Keep product, selected option, cause, and next action visible.
Observed screen
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Delivery and returns appear after commitment.
Bounded correction direction
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Starting condition
Audit a mobile product-detail and cart flow where variant selection, delivery confidence, validation, and the primary purchase action compete for attention.
Synthetic audit specimen. It does not claim real session recordings, conversion data, customer research, payment integration, or measured commercial improvement.
Evidence
Observed screen state → concrete failure → bounded impact
Priority
Variant certainty → delivery trust → validation → purchase action
Preserve
Product data, pricing, cart model, and checkout boundary
Correction
Show direction without presenting it as implemented production
Result
A finding-to-correction model with severity, evidence, user impact, preserved commerce boundaries, and corrected mobile screens that clarify selection, fulfillment, errors, and checkout readiness.
Refuses
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